wobly processor

[cookiebun]

Hi finally got RMA  e-mail after 3 phone calls, I have been advised to send it by carrier as it would be quicker, priced DPD £18, UPS 60.94 eur, I  am begining to think is it worth it as i might not get a replacement, another carrier was £33. what do you think,I could put it by post but it would go to the AMD sorting address and they say it will take a lot longer.

[Dark Mantis]

Entirely your choice. It would be too easy to spend someone else's money. Seems a lot though.

[cookiebun]

I could also order a new one from scan and rma the broken one by post and see what happens because i have a mobo sitting here and a Western Digital WD6402AAEX 640GB Hard Drive SATAIII 7200rpm 64MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black + 4gb crucial balistic DDR3 that i am itching to get set up.

[Dark Mantis]

Well if it was me I would be sorely tempted.

[absic]

I could also order a new one from scan and rma the broken one by post and see what happens because i have a mobo sitting here and a Western Digital WD6402AAEX 640GB Hard Drive SATAIII 7200rpm 64MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black + 4gb crucial balistic DDR3 that i am itching to get set up.

Don't expect too much from the WD Drive. I have been bitterly disappointed by the 2 of them I own!

As regard to the CPU, only you can really decide on the best course of action where that is concerned. If you do have available funds to order a new one then that might be the best option. Then send the damaged CPU by post and if AMD do replace it you can always sell it on e-bay or keep it as a spare.

By the way, I have had some feedback to my queries regarding the ridges on the socket and it seems that some sockets do have these as part of the design.

[cookiebun]

Hi both I have decided to order a new one tomorow no good having the other stuff lying about also have a new windows 7  64bit i was keeping for the new build and as absic115 said if they do replacethe processor I can allways sell it, again thanks for all the help and quick advice, and yes i will take out the extra insurance when i buy it.
                                        regards cookiebun.

[cookiebun]

Hi  started the new build this afternoon and everything went well and so far all is working I am installing all my stuff now only one program doesn't work so far but thats not a problem all the main stuff works, it will take me a while to get used to Win 7 as i ran Vista on classic, its late now so going to stop tomorow is another day.

[Dark Mantis]

Good After all your trouble it's nice to hear a happy ending. Let's just hope that AMD replace your CPU too.

[absic]

Hi cookiebun,

pleased to see that your build has gone OK. Don't worry, you'll soon get used to Windows 7, it's so much better than Vista. 

[cookiebun]

Hi I just got round to installing Black Box 2 and I noticed the 4 cores are only running at 803mhz looks like i will have to update the bios should i use the utility on the disc that does it through the internet or is there a better way.

[Dark Mantis]

Use QFlash not the @BIOS Windows based utility.
Press End as you are booting to get into it.

[cookiebun]

oops decided not to put a floppy drive in this build can i use one of my usb drives.

[Dark Mantis]

Yes no problem. Just see our FAQ section on the details of how to do it.

[cookiebun]

Hi I checked the revision of my mobo is 2.0 and when i checked the CPU Support says  BIOS FB. but when i checked the bios download for rev 2.0 FB is not the top one what one should i install. 

RSS
Version Size Date Download Here Description
FD 0.79 MB 2010/07/23 AsiaChinaAmericaEuropeEurope(Russia) : FTP / Http 1.Update CPU AGESA 3.7.1.0
2.Support new AMD SB850 version
3.Support new LAN Boot ROM version
4.Fix audio noise issue while running ET6 in Win7
 
FC 0.79 MB 2010/05/28 AsiaChinaAmericaEuropeEurope(Russia) : FTP / Http 1.Update CPU AGESA 3.7.0.1
 
FB 0.79 MB 2010/05/17 AsiaChinaAmericaEuropeEurope(Russia) : FTP / Http 1.Improve CPU compatibility
 
FA 0.79 MB 2010/04/07 AsiaChinaAmericaEuropeEurope(Russia) : FTP / Http 1.First Release
2.Support On/Off Charge function


  http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3420#bios

[Dark Mantis]

Generally it is best advice to go for the latest one. They are all full versions not Beta so no problems there. Just make 100% sure that you have the right BIOS update for your motherboard revision. I just looked and now I understand your question better. It is just saying that your CPU is supported from BIOS version FB so any version later than that will be fine.